BookFan06: Another poem inspired by Poe.

Title: Phantom Pain

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Around, all around, the shadows gather.

My dread grows as the dagger of your words falls against my heart.

It wounds me, and darkly my

life’s blood drips

to the wicked earth that is my prison.

In my madness I beg forgiveness

while my doom looms.

Now alone, my cry of mercy falls upon cold eyes.

This is because of you